Castro

Seven months after bathhouse and sauna Eros closed its longtime Castro location, it will have a “Pride Weekend Sneak-Peek” at its new Turk and Taylor Streets location.

The Castro's fine-dining gem Frances (3870 17th St.) reopens Thursday night (June 23), after a months-long remodel, and after remaining mostly dark since March 2020.

A nonprofit has formed specifically to thwart plans by Another Planet Entertainment to remake the interior of the historic Castro Theatre to be more conducive to live music events — and specifically the group wants to stop a plan to remove all the seats from the theater's main level.

Two people were shot and one was killed Wednesday morning onboard a Muni train traveling between Forest Hill and Castro stations.

Plans for the return of a Pink Saturday event in the Castro have been canceled just four days before Pride Weekend.

After 13 years in the Castro, Trudy's Tattoo Parlor (2275 Market St.) quietly shuttered this month due to pandemic-related financial stresses.

San Francisco-based Live Fit Gym is set to take over the former Castro 24 Hour Fitness location at 2145 Market Street (at Church).

The Academy Award-winning 2008 Harvey Milk biopic 'Milk,' the production of which included on-location shooting in the Castro and the restoration of the Castro Theatre's neon sign, will be screened again at the theater in June as part of a benefit.

For the third year in a row, the Pink Triangle atop Twin Peaks will once again be lit up like a giant gay beacon throughout Pride Month. But this time, it will be more vibrant in the daytime as well.

In June, a new art and events pop-up, Queer Arts Featured (a.k.a Queer A.F.), will be opening in the former HRC Store (also Harvey Milk's one-time camera store) at 575 Castro Street.

Plans for the anniversary include a week of screenings featuring iconic films from each decade of the Castro Theatre's history, from June 3 -12, as well as a day of films shot in SF on June 22, the actual anniversary date.

Café Flore was an LGBTQ+ haven in the Castro neighborhood for over 45 years. Now, the space will finally come alive again later this year under a new owner, who was a former customer.

After nine years at its current location on 17th Street, Castro gift shop Local Take (3979B 17th. St.) is preparing to move to a new, larger space at 18th and Castro streets.

There is now a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the restoration of the Castro's nearly 25-year-old The Hope For the World Cure mural at 16th and Market streets.

Sunglass Hut quietly closed its Castro store at 511 Castro Street last week after at least 15 years in that space.

No one was injured in the April 8 fire on Noe Street, but it displaced five residents and shut down Sushi Urashima, and crowdfunding campaigns have been launched for both.

The long-awaited cocktail lounge and restaurant Lobby Bar (4230 18th St.) opens today on the ground floor of The Hotel Castro.

Castro residents and visitors looking for their daily fix of Starbucks coffee, lattes, frappucinos, and more can rejoice.

Duboce Triangle residents were awoken by a three-alarm fire that broke out at 141 Noe St. (at Henry) at approximately 5:40 a.m.

Castro home decor shop Kenneth Wingard (2319 Market St.) has announced it will be closing after 16 years in the neighborhood.

The San Francisco International Film Festival returns to the Castro and other SF theaters, with Michelle Yeoh, Ron Howard’s new Chef José Andrés documentary, and Michael K. Williams’ final screen performance.

More details continue to emerge about Another Planet Entertainment's plans for the renovation of the historic Castro Theatre, including the hiring of BuildOut California, an association of LGBT construction firms and trades.

We now have some hints about changes being made inside the Castro Theatre via plans that have been filed with the city.

After nearly four years in the neighborhood, Castro floral art studio Blumen (548 Castro St.) will close at the end of the month.

The Castro's Levi's Store at 525 Castro Street (between 18th and 19th streets) has quietly closed after 14 years in the neighborhood.